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KANSAS CITY REVIEW OF SCIENCE. 



The fifth volume of The Kansas City Re- 

 view of Science and Industry was begun with 

 the May number. This publication is a pop- 

 ular one, comprising articles by the best 

 writers, and selections from the best periodi- 

 cals in this country and in Europe, upon ge- 

 ology, mining, medicine, hygiene, explora- 

 tions, travels, biography, etc. Every num- 

 ber is almost a library in itself. Theo. S. 

 Case, the editor of the The Review, is one of 

 the best known writers in the West. — Leav- 

 enworth Times. 



The Kansas State Teachers' Association 

 meets at Manhattan, June 21, 1881. Among 

 other prominent teachers " billed," we notice 

 the name of Prof. J M. Greenwood, of this 

 city. The occasion will doubtless be full of 

 interest and profit to all attending. 



Capt. J. M. Trowbridge, C. E., informs 

 us that the narrow track railway described in 

 the last issue of the Review, is two feet gauge 

 instead of ten inches. We presume he is cor- 

 rect, although the item was received from a 

 reputable source. 



The Kansas City Review of Science and In- 

 dustry, edited by Theodore S. Case, is a bor- 

 der monthly which will compare very favora- 

 bly with periodicals of its class publishei 

 nearer old world centers. It obviously has 

 an intelligent local support, and deserves to 

 be better known in other quarters. — Cincin- 

 nati Gazette, 



Our Ellsworth contributor, Chas. H. Stern- 

 berg, is now in western Kansas collecting 

 fossil specimens. He has already sent several 

 new species to Professors Lesqureux and 

 Agassiz. We hope to publish some of the 

 results of his work to the July Review. 



The May number of the Kansas City Re- 

 view of Science and Industry is the commence- 

 ment of volume five. We are glad to see the 

 size of the page somewhat increased, while 

 the matter is kept fully up 10 the standard. 

 One of the best publications in the country. 

 — Boston Journal of Commerce. 



The annual meeting of the Missouri State 

 Teachers' Association will take place at 

 Sweet Springs, (Brownsville) Mo. It will 

 begin on the evening of Tuesday, June 21st, 

 and continue through the 22d, 23d and 24th. 

 Every friend of education is requested to 

 further, by his presence, the objects of the 

 Association. 



Commander Cooper, commanding the 

 United States Steamer Alliance, now at Nor- 

 folk, Va., has been ordered to prepare his 

 ship with all dispatch to proceed on a cruise 

 in search of the Jeannette, between Green- 

 land, Iceland and the coast of Norway, and 

 as far as the northern coast of Spitzber- 

 ger, if it is possible to get there without en- 

 dangering the vessel. 



We learn from the official report that Kan- 

 sas City is the 30th city in point of size in the 

 United States, the l6th in the number of let- 

 ters mailed, and the 3d, includiag Washing- 

 ton City, in the average number mailed by 

 each person during the year 1880. The ac- 

 tual number of letters mailed was 5,706,227, 

 or 102.23 for each inhabitant. 



The reports from Atlantic vessels show 

 that the number of icebergs and the amount 

 of ice floes in the ordinary path of commerce 

 is greater at present than ever before at this 

 season of the year. 



The Review is, aside from general science, 

 a local publication, and gives not only facts 

 and information of local interest, but its sci- 

 ence is Western, and its articles sufficiently 

 practical to make it racy of the soil. Missou- 

 ri, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico and the 

 West furnish the topics and, what is better, 

 the writers ; and its information is nowhere 

 else obtainable. And we know if the intelli- 

 gent people of the city and the country around 

 generally knew the importance of its contents 

 and the good work it has done and is doing 

 for our soil, climate, mines and general inter- 

 ests, the enterprising publisher would be a 

 great deal better rewarded than he is, proud 

 as he is to be able to keep it alive. It is a 

 treasure to any intelligent Western man. — 

 Kansas City Journal. 



